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Note:—Soon after conference a quarterly meeting on the old Huffman place below Pleasant Valley. Guething and
Newcomer went home with the Moyers, who lived in a log house (where now is a brick house) near the Mennonite church on
the Valley Pike. They then went 10 miles further to A. M. Hivener's.
1803
Conference at David Snyder's, Cumberland Co., Pa., October 5, for a three day session.
Present: William Otterbein, Martin Boehm, Christian Newcomer, David Snyder, John Hershey, Peter Kemp, Abraham
Meyer, Christopher Grosh, Christian Crum, Valentine Flugel, John Winter, Frederick Schaeffer, George Benedum—13.
Boehm and Grosh a committee to station the preachers of Pennsylvania. Maryland left to the preachers of that state.
Benedum and Crum to call a meeting of the Virginia preachers and arrange their fields of labor.
1804
Conference against at Snyder's, October 3.
Because of an epidemic in the country around, only 5 members were present. Martin Boehm, Abraham Meyer, Frederick
Schaeffer, Christian Newcomer, Matthias Bortsfield.
Died: Dr. Peter Senseny, of Winchester.
Note:—In the preceding May, Otterbein preached twice at a sacramental meeting in the Guething meeting house.
1805
Conference at the house of Jacob Baulus, near Middletown, Md., May 29.
Present: 21 preachers.
Otterbein and Boehm re-elected bishops.
Newcomer to travel through the German settlements in Maryland and Pennsylvania, and Christian Crum in those of
Virginia.
1806
Conference at Lorenz Eberhart's Frederick Co., Md., May 21, lasting three days as usual.
Itinerants: Joseph Hoffman, Christian Crum.
Great meetings arranged for.
Present: John Neidig, Peter Kemp, John Hershey, Henry Crum, Lorenz Eberhart, Christian Crum, Christian Newcomer,
George A. Guething, Joseph Hoffman, Michael Thomas, Jacob Baulus.
1807
Conference at Christian Herr's, Lancaster Co., Pa. Martin Boehm presided.
Present: Martin Boehm, Isaac Niswander, John Neidig, Joseph Hoffman, Christian Hershey, Christian Newcomer,
Abraham Meyer, Frederick Schaeffer, George A. Guething, Abraham Hershey, David Snyder, Christian Crum, Christian Smith,
David Long—14.
Died: Jacob Geisinger.
1808
Conference at Abraham Niswander's in Virginia, May 28.
Present: Christian Newcomer, Isaac Niswander, Ludwig Duckwald, Abraham Meyer, George A. Guething, Joseph
Hoffman, Peter Kemp, Christian Crum, Jacob Baulus, George Hoffman, David Snyder, William Ambrose, Frederick Duckwald,
John Hershey—14.
Hitherto, the annual conference had granted license to exhort. The following rule adopted, the great distances to be
traveled on horseback often preventing the attendance of members: "Those who desire to receive license to preach among us
shall be examined at a great meeting; and, if favorably reported, two of the elders shall grant them license for one year, at the
end of which time, their license may be renewed at a great meeting."
1809
Conference again at Christian Herr's, May 10.
Bishop Boehm presided.
Present: Martin Boehm, Adam Riegel, Christian Smith, Joseph Hoffman, Isaac Niswander, George A. Guething, Christian
Hershey, Christian Newcomer, John Hershey, Abraham Hershey, David Long, David Snyder, Abraham Meyer, Frederick
Schaeffer, Matthias Bortsfield, George Benedum, Christopher Grosh, John Snyder—18.
The subject of union or fellowship with the Methodists received a great deal of attention.
Note:—Enoch George (Methodist) and Newcomer and Guething (U. B.) met at Guething's home, February 13, 1809.
Newcomer attended the Baltimore Conference of the Methodists at Harrisonburg, Va., to promote a fraternal union. A
committee was appointed to meet him, and the correspondence thus begun continued several years.
1810
Conference again at John Cronise's, June 3.
Present: 16 ministers.
Salary of an unmarried preacher fixed at $80.
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Newcomer went home with the Moyers, who lived in a log house (where now is a brick house) near the Mennonite church on
the Valley Pike. They then went 10 miles further to A. M. Hivener's.
1803
Conference at David Snyder's, Cumberland Co., Pa., October 5, for a three day session.
Present: William Otterbein, Martin Boehm, Christian Newcomer, David Snyder, John Hershey, Peter Kemp, Abraham
Meyer, Christopher Grosh, Christian Crum, Valentine Flugel, John Winter, Frederick Schaeffer, George Benedum—13.
Boehm and Grosh a committee to station the preachers of Pennsylvania. Maryland left to the preachers of that state.
Benedum and Crum to call a meeting of the Virginia preachers and arrange their fields of labor.
1804
Conference against at Snyder's, October 3.
Because of an epidemic in the country around, only 5 members were present. Martin Boehm, Abraham Meyer, Frederick
Schaeffer, Christian Newcomer, Matthias Bortsfield.
Died: Dr. Peter Senseny, of Winchester.
Note:—In the preceding May, Otterbein preached twice at a sacramental meeting in the Guething meeting house.
1805
Conference at the house of Jacob Baulus, near Middletown, Md., May 29.
Present: 21 preachers.
Otterbein and Boehm re-elected bishops.
Newcomer to travel through the German settlements in Maryland and Pennsylvania, and Christian Crum in those of
Virginia.
1806
Conference at Lorenz Eberhart's Frederick Co., Md., May 21, lasting three days as usual.
Itinerants: Joseph Hoffman, Christian Crum.
Great meetings arranged for.
Present: John Neidig, Peter Kemp, John Hershey, Henry Crum, Lorenz Eberhart, Christian Crum, Christian Newcomer,
George A. Guething, Joseph Hoffman, Michael Thomas, Jacob Baulus.
1807
Conference at Christian Herr's, Lancaster Co., Pa. Martin Boehm presided.
Present: Martin Boehm, Isaac Niswander, John Neidig, Joseph Hoffman, Christian Hershey, Christian Newcomer,
Abraham Meyer, Frederick Schaeffer, George A. Guething, Abraham Hershey, David Snyder, Christian Crum, Christian Smith,
David Long—14.
Died: Jacob Geisinger.
1808
Conference at Abraham Niswander's in Virginia, May 28.
Present: Christian Newcomer, Isaac Niswander, Ludwig Duckwald, Abraham Meyer, George A. Guething, Joseph
Hoffman, Peter Kemp, Christian Crum, Jacob Baulus, George Hoffman, David Snyder, William Ambrose, Frederick Duckwald,
John Hershey—14.
Hitherto, the annual conference had granted license to exhort. The following rule adopted, the great distances to be
traveled on horseback often preventing the attendance of members: "Those who desire to receive license to preach among us
shall be examined at a great meeting; and, if favorably reported, two of the elders shall grant them license for one year, at the
end of which time, their license may be renewed at a great meeting."
1809
Conference again at Christian Herr's, May 10.
Bishop Boehm presided.
Present: Martin Boehm, Adam Riegel, Christian Smith, Joseph Hoffman, Isaac Niswander, George A. Guething, Christian
Hershey, Christian Newcomer, John Hershey, Abraham Hershey, David Long, David Snyder, Abraham Meyer, Frederick
Schaeffer, Matthias Bortsfield, George Benedum, Christopher Grosh, John Snyder—18.
The subject of union or fellowship with the Methodists received a great deal of attention.
Note:—Enoch George (Methodist) and Newcomer and Guething (U. B.) met at Guething's home, February 13, 1809.
Newcomer attended the Baltimore Conference of the Methodists at Harrisonburg, Va., to promote a fraternal union. A
committee was appointed to meet him, and the correspondence thus begun continued several years.
1810
Conference again at John Cronise's, June 3.
Present: 16 ministers.
Salary of an unmarried preacher fixed at $80.
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